thirteen of these were filed after his retirement from Union Carbide. During his career at Union Carbide, he pursued approximately thirty-five different processes, nine of which reached commercial operation. Currently there are 27 licensees worldwide using technology he assisted in developing. Dr. Bryant is considered to be one of the world's experts in separating product from precious metal with the use of a homogeneous catalyst. Honors and awards Bryant has received awards from his peers in the chemistry industry, the education community, and the state of West Virginia for his many professional and civic achievements. In 1998, Bryant was awarded the Perkin Medal. The award recognized his accomplishments on a low pressure Oxo process for producing aldehydes. Bryant was interviewed in 1998 by James G. Traynham of the Chemical Heritage Foundation's Center for Oral History. He retired from Union Carbide in 2000 as a Senior Corporate Fellow. 1977 Kirkpatrick Award for low pressure Oxo process for the production of butyraldehyde from propylene and synthesis gas 1989 Chemical Pioneer Award, American Institute of Chemists 1990 Honorary D.Sc., Wake Forest University 1991 Union Carbide Chairman's Award (1) 1992 Industrial Chemistry Award, American Chemical Society for outstanding technical accomplishments and leadership in industrial homogeneous catalysis and process development for the hydroformylation of olefins to Oxo products. 1993 Union Carbide Chairman's Award (2) 1993 Carothers Award of the Delaware Section, American Chemical Society 1997 Union Carbide Chairman's Award (3) 1998 Perkin Medal, Society of Chemical Industry (American Section) for work on low pressure Oxo process for producing aldehydes. Later career: Renewable Algal Energy (RAE, LLC) (2009 – present) In 2009, Bryant joined Renewable Algal Energy (RAE, LLC) as an inventor and patent strategist. As a RAE team member, Dr. Bryant is using the same inventive skills and patent techniques that he employed in organic chemistry to work with non-GMO algae aquaculture, including harvesting and extracting oil from algae. In this new capacity, he has already assisted RAE in filing several new patent applications in their state-of-the-art technology for harvesting and extracting oil from algae. Another easy transition for Dr. Bryant in this new career has been embracing the 'green' philosophy of the RAE team. His lifelong work ethic has been that of 'working with nature to minimize nature' a philosophy also shared by RAE's scientific team. All aquaculture work conducted by RAE is with native strains of algae, non-GMO (not genetically modified), and with